Gender Specialist

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 04/03/2025
  • Location: Ethiopia
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Responsibilities

The following lists the overall responsibilities and deliverables that will be expected from the consultant. The PPG Initiation Plan provides further and more detailed guidance regarding the tasks and responsibilities of the PPG team and must be followed accordingly.

1) Preparatory Technical Studies and Reviews (Component A): Prepare inputs and support the required analyses/studies, as agreed with the PPG Team Leader, including:

a. Prepare the gender analysis in the context of Ethiopia, and more specifically in conflict-affected areas;

b. Advise on gender responsive stakeholder analysis and consultations and ensure that they are complete and comprehensive;

c. Ensure that gender considerations are fully mainstreamed into project CEO ER documents and Project Document;

d. Support gender-related action points, including risk assessments, identified in the UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Procedure (SESP) at the PIF stage (“pre-screening”) to ensure they are fully addressed during the PPG; as appropriate, assist with the update of the SESP in an iterative fashion throughout the PPG on matters related to gender empowerment and equality; and

e. Support the completion of any additional studies that are determined to be needed for the preparation of the ProDoc and all other final outputs as guided by the PPG Team Leader.

2) Formulation of the ProDoc, CEO Endorsement Request and Mandatory Annexes as well as project specific annexes (Component B):

a. Work with the PPG Team Leader to ensure relevant findings on the gender mainstreaming and stakeholder needs are meaningfully integrated into the project strategy, theory of change and results framework, and its implementation are monitored as appropriate;

b. Provide background information on the impacts of conflicts on women in the target regions and the increased vulnerability resulting from the insecurity;

c. Prepare the Gender Mainstreaming/ Action Plan and Budget identifying appropriate project interventions to ensure gender mainstreaming including at project demonstration sites;

d. Using the findings from the gender analysis, provide inputs to the project’s results framework and theory of change; ensure gender considerations are integrated into the project’s theory of change;

e. Participate in consultations, workshops, meetings etc.;

f. Contribute to the preparation of the SESP, as required working closely with other consultants;

g. Provide inputs for the development of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan to ensure it is Gender Responsive;

Qualifications
a. Master’s degree or higher (Bac +5) in a relevant field, such as gender studies, gender and development, women and environment, sociology, environment, sustainable development or closely related area;
b. Minimum 5 years of demonstrable experience in gender policy and mainstreaming;
c. Experience carrying out participatory gender analysis; experience collecting and formulating gender responsive indicators and sex-disaggregated data and preparing gender responsive project analysis; developing gender action plans.
d. Demonstrated understanding of the links between sustainable development, social and gender issues;
e. Demonstrated experience working on policy and programmatic issues with national and local governments and civil society organizations including community organizations;

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